
References: Pat Carrington, , ĭisclaimer: The information contained on this site is intended for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for advice, diagnosis or treatment by a licensed physician. If you are still intensely or moderately upset, repeat the sequence two to four more times until the intensity of your emotion is mild or completely at rest. There are actually several points on the crown, so allow your fingertips to tap dance in a circular motion on top of your head - free style tapping! After you have completed tapping all ten steps take a moment to re-evaluate your emotional state. The tenth meridian point in this sequence is the crown of your head. Roger Callahan who developed TFT added a third component: "focusing" on a negative emotion to clear away. Australian psychiatrist, John Diamond, implemented verbal affirmations to coincide with Goodheart's tapping sequences. Tapping was done with the finger tips as an alternative to using acupuncture needles. George Goodheart, a chiropractic doctor, is noted for first discovering that tapping the meridians (acupuncture points) was beneficial in the treatment of physical issues. The tapping of fingers tips on various points on the body release pent up energies.

During the tapping sequence the person focuses on the emotion to be reduced or cleared while also making positive statements to offset the negative emotions.


A person chooses a specific emotion such as feeling anger, frustration, embarrassment, insult, or belittlement to focus on prior to the tapping session. Meridian Tapping Techniques repair blockages or disturbances in the body's energy system created by negative emotions. Meridian Tapping Techniques is an "umbrella" term that can be applied to several energy-based tapping therapies including Accutap, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), Pro-ER (Progressive Emotional Release), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Net (Neuro Emotional Technique) and TFT (Thought Field Therapy).
